Braised and Baked Country Style Barbecue Ribs.

The Best Barbecue Country Style Ribs

If you love ribs, you’re going to love this Country Style recipe because it’s got it all. These ribs can easily be cooked outdoors on a grill or inside on a stove and in the oven. I season the ribs with my Blackened Seasoning recipe, then braise them in barbecue sauce and pineapple juice. These ribs are finished off in the oven to caramelize the sauce and firm up the out side of the rib. The results are a fall of the bone tender barbecue rib that, literally, melts in your mouth.

What are Country Style Ribs

Wikipedia describes Country Style Ribs as the blade end of the loin close to the pork shoulder and they’re considered more of a chop than a rib because the bones aren’t rib bones at all. They’re the Shoulder Blade or “Scapula” bones behind the shoulder. The result is a loin cut portion that is more than 3/4 meat vs. bone. The benefit to this, if it isn’t obvious, is more bang for your buck. An average rack of baby back ribs weighs 3 to 4 pounds and so does a package of Country Style ribs but the baby backs cost twice as much. So, by purchasing these ribs instead, not only are you cutting the cost in half, you’re getting twice the eats because there’s a lot more meat.

Blackened seasoned Country Style ribs just marinating.

Seasoning Country Style Ribs

One of the secrets to any good rib recipe rings true for these Country Style ribs, as well. You’ve got to have a good rub or seasoning. For this recipe, I use my Blackened Seasoning and I showed you how to make that in the last YouTube video and blog post. There’s other substitutions that can be used like Old Bay or a Crawfish Boil Seasoning. Zatarain’s and Slap Your Mama are both good choices. Even my Brisket Rub recipe would be excellent for these ribs because all of these have the same basic ingredients with small twists and variations is all but will have very similar results.

Braising Country Style Ribs in Barbecue Sauce and Pineapple Juice.

Braised Country Style Ribs

Essentially, this Country Style Ribs recipe is braised and baked but many avid grill masters do the exact same thing on the grill. So everything you learn here can be applied to your barbecue if you want to grill this recipe instead. These ribs are braised in a mixture of barbecue sauce and Pineapple juice. You can replace the pineapple juice with beer instead, if you want to go that rout. It’s a real common practice with just as good results, just slightly different taste. Season and sear your ribs, then braise in the sauce for 1 1/2 hours and grill for 5 to 10 minutes to caramelize.

Oven Baked Country Style Ribs

Now that you know that you can take this Country Style Ribs recipe to the grill let’s talk about how easy it is to bake in the oven. 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes, after the braising. That’s it and that’s all. So, if you don’t think you can handle cooking these ribs after you watch my video tutorial, I’ve done something terribly wrong. Good luck!

Country Style Barbecue Ribs Ingredients:

1 pkg Country Style Ribs
2 cups Barbecue Sauce, I use Baby Ray’s
1/2 cup Pineapple Juice
1 tbsp Kosher Salt, approximately
2 tbsp Blackened Seasoning, approximately

These Short Ribs Rock!

Braising Short Ribs usually calls for some sort of pan fry before they’re cooked in vegetable broth, right? The only difference here is that the frying is done after and as strange as that may sound, the benefits are phenomenal. This recipe is different from most recipes out there but, if you sink your teeth into ribs, you are going to get flavor beyond flavor, with a texture and tenderness your mouth and stomach just won’t believe.

Just to be clear, these Northern style Short Ribs have an Asian influence. For example, there’s soy sauce and lot’s of sugar but So what. What Barbecue Sauce doesn’t have sugar in it. None. Everybody sweetens up their sauce with something. And many rib recipes use brown sugar as well. P.F. Chang’s has a very similar recipe on their menu and for good reason; they’re delicious but don’t take my word for it, though. Google Northern style short ribs and see what you find.

Braised Short Ribs Ingredients:

1 Rack of Pork Ribs
1 1/2 qt. Chicken Broth
1/3 cup Soy Sauce
1/3 cup Rice Wine
1/3 cup Sugar (Optional)
3 or 4 Garlic Cloves
1/2 tsp Ginger, chopped (optional)
1 bunch Green Onions, 6 to 8
1 Sprig Cilantro
1 tsp Anise
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Sesame Oil
Water for Poaching

Topping
2 tbsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Five Spice Powder (or cinnamon)

In a large cooking pot, fill halfway with water and bring it to a boil on the stove. Clean the rack of ribs with a clean water rinse, then remove the membrane using a paper towel. Score the back side of the ribs(bone side) with your knife, then cut in between every rib bone, separating one from the other. Place the ribs into the boiling water and Poach for 20 to 25 Minutes. Remove from heat, strain and rinse the ribs and clean off any cooked blood. Place the ribs back into the same pot and add all the above ingredients. Bring the Broth to a boil then reduce heat to medium and cook for approximately 1 hour. Then pull out every individual rib and place them on a pan. At this point the ribs can be eaten or refrigerated if you’d like to wait or skip the frying process, otherwise fry the ribs, 6 at a time at 350 degrees for about 2 minutes. Mix the Topping ingredients together and toss the ribs in a bowl with 1 tbsp of the Sugar and Five Spice mix and serve the Braised Short Ribs, Log Cabin style, 2 over 2, over 2.

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Country Style Barbecue Ribs